"I haven't thought about Star Jones in I don't know how long. I was unaware she was even on TV, but she apparently shows up on a morning show," Cooper said Thursday on his show, gabbing with friend and Bravo exec Andy Cohen.

"It so annoyed me.... If I was wanting to boost ratings I would have waited to announce it on a very special episode," he said, "that would have been promoed for weeks and weeks."

But the silver fox didn't stop there. After debunking Jones' theory, Cooper took a walk down Star's self-promotional memory lane.